Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Small Town Girl: What I Learned Growing Up in Rural Idaho

This is my town.        The building in both photos is a grocery store called the Downey Food Center, or simply Jim's by the locals; next door to the store is a post office where my friend's mother has recently been promoted to postmaster. On hot summer days, I rode bikes with my brother and sisters down...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

I Miss Grocery Shopping With My Mom

       In all my past writings, I think one thing is abundantly clear: I worry. Like crazy. Which is probably why I write about how to manage stress and reasons not to worry about college, because on some level I'm still trying to teach myself. Profound introspection, I know. This time last year, while I was figuring...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Five Reasons Not To Worry About College

Hey. So, last night my younger sister texted me because she felt nervous about college. And I am no stranger to this feeling. In fact, I can prove how well acquainted I am with it through a fun anecdote. Our story begins on the night of the college open house at which I received my scholarship. Faced with such incredible news, I did the...
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

The Eight Best Free Apps For College

Canvas (or your school's equivalent) Nearly every school uses a site of some kind for all of their online assignments, announcements, etc. My school uses Canvas, which has a free app where you can take quizzes, email professors, turn in assignments and do all kinds of necessary stuff. It's a really nice app to have for last minute stuff...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Outfit: Knits and Boots

There's only one time a year that it's acceptable for sixty percent of your clothes to have been yarn at one point, and that time is now. December is a time for hot chocolate, Christmas movies, and knits and boots. I'm pretty enamored with this entire look because it was so affordable, even for a poor college kid like me. The hat...
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Four Quotes That Changed My Life

  This quote was such a revelation to me. I can remember my senior year of high school, feeling tired, and cold, and PMSing, and feeling guilty for wearing sweats and no makeup. And that's ridiculous! You don't owe anyone pretty, just because you're female. Life is like a massage- just undress to your level of comfort. Okay, I put...
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

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